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Lapland Fritillary

Euphydryas iduna

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 98, February 72, March 113, April 178, May 257, June 281, July 300, August 258, September 190, October 141, November 77, December 60.
United States2,027
Alaska2,027
Russia32
Kamchatka Krai12
Altai Republic7
Finland5
Lapland5
Norway5
Troms og Finnmark5
Murmansk Oblast4

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyBrush-footed Butterflies · Nymphalidae
GenusEuphydryas

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Lapland Fritillary with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.